Max Bielfeldt Appreciation Thread
I know Spike was definitely the feature yesterday, but Max wasn't really mentioned in the two recaps so I thought he deserved some extra praise. Not just for coming off the bench to grab two huge offensive rebounds, but also hitting the floor to grab a loose ball in the last minute. At that point I thought to myself "it's clear who wants to win this game more." That kind of grit got me off the couch to put in a workout and will probably get me through some extra hours at work this week. Thank you, Mr. Calves!
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:07 AM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
You need to stop this shit.
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:13 AM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:17 AM ^
And I'm also not a little suburban kid trying to talk in slang terms. Grow up
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:24 AM ^
You know nothing about me. Newsflash kid, I'm not an old man. And try not to make it so easy to find shit to piss and moan about. But please, use that phrase in everday life and see how far you get.
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
It's not. And I'm a very happy person...I have a well rounded life.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
Is anyone else finding the sexual tension between WD and Moe exhilarating? It's like Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant in His Girl Friday.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:22 PM ^
It's posts like this that make these little spats worth reading. A+ sir.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 1:18 PM ^
They should both focus on quality of post rather than quantity. I imagine a lot of F5 in their lives. Eh Go Blue.
February 23rd, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
Logged in from work to upvote you!
February 23rd, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
Logged on just to upvote this
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
I know you're mad Jake.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
You made me laugh out loud!
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
You need to get over this shit.
If it was anyone else, you wouldn't have blinked at that comment. What's so terrible about "Dem calves though"?
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
Word!
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^
Max! Max! Max!
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:09 AM ^
I was in disbelief when he missed that wide open layup but he definitely made up for it with his other hustle plays
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
Was that the one where he had no one in front of him, but instead of going for the layup, he hesitated, then dropped back and missed the shot?
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:18 PM ^
those were actually 2 different plays. he flat out missed an open layup with about 2 min to go; awesome pass by spike. the turnaround jumper (in lieu of an open layup) was during the 7 min scoring drought in the second half.
February 23rd, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
which made the layup more of a self-inflicted juggling layup than an ordinary layup.
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:17 AM ^
I hope we finish strong and at least make the NIT. I didn't say anything in the CIT/CBA thread (or whatever those other tournaments are called). Part of me wishes they'd accept a bid if that's what it came to for the lower tourney just so Bielfeldt, Dakich, Lonergan, Chatman, and Donnal can get some more PT. College is fleeting, I'd want every opportunity I could get to suit up in the maize and blue if I was fortunate enough to be a player.
I'd love to see Max light up some lower-level club with 17 points like he did earlier in the year.
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:23 AM ^
I appreciate you Max!
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:29 AM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:37 AM ^
I'm so proud of him, I named a building after him! The Bielfeldt Administration building... Oh wait, too late for that one. Bielfeldt beat me to it!
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:38 AM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
He is maybe 6"7", but probably 6' 6". He is going against 6'9" and 6'10" all day. Plus those guys are long and can jump out of gym. A guy like that going into the tress has got to throw some curveballs into his repetoire. I too wished he would have powered it up, but man I will take it.
He has learned to adapt and he is used to getting his shot swatted. We don't win that game, no way, no how with out him. His rebounding in second half, his slide play, his help defense down low. He is so physicallyovermatched, it is incredible what he did.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:12 PM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:17 PM ^
I was a 6'2" power forward( meaning, I couldn't shot), so I feel your pain. I was more focused on his pump fakes and turnaround jumpers when he could have gone to the hole.
Your right on the rolling to the hoop.
The missed layup was almost a killer, but I think related to being so small.
February 23rd, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
which is what I think threw Max off.
(Not that bobbling a pass isn't an unforced error, either.)
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:20 PM ^
did you bother to look at what the osu centers did? max outplayed them all by himself. add in doyle's stats and UM's bigs dominated.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
I love that Beilein predicted Max would be 'unstoppable'.
Rich kid, undersized, and is as scrappy as everyone in the country. Spike and him are fantastic leaders for this team.
My understanding is Max probably only comes back for his 5th year if we whiff on recruits. So who knows, but I'd be glad to see him back.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
imo, i think it will come down to education and where he wants to get his graduate degree from. i don't know what his field of study is.
February 23rd, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^
The dive he made in the last minute for that loose ball was my favorite play of the game. Mr. Calves wanted it more than OSU last night, and it showed.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
It is unbelievable what he is asked to do.
The type of kids Beilien (ability to be coached) recruits and the coaching they receive is incredible. Jordan Morgan absolutely maximized his talent with Beilein/Alexander.
He is so undersized and underathletic ( I know not a word, but you get the gist) it is amazing what he is accomplishing. Amazing.
In addition, I have been pretty critical of Irvin, but he was driving and scoring???? That was a really nice game by Zak. The kid is a winner.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:47 PM ^
much had to remake his entire game going from the 2nd or 3rd option to 1st while surrounded with basically freshmen learning the system. That's a tough jump when you don't have necessarily reliable scoring threats on the floor with you. I love the energy he came out with yesterday and that things are starting to gel for him.
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:13 PM ^
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February 23rd, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
I have to say, I didn't appreciate Max very much when he missed the front end of the 1 and 1 and then subsequently missed the bunny layup on the next possession. However, I got over it after the loose ball dive.
February 23rd, 2015 at 7:16 PM ^